Most people will actually get off their backsides for one of two reasons. It will be either be out of inspiration or out of desperation! How many of you have never applied for a job because although you knew you had the ability to do the job, it would be “easier” to ignore it and stay in your “comfort zone”, even if being in that comfort zone didn’t make you particularly happy, you were worse off financially and emotionally.
You may be inspired to do things sometimes by seeing others battle and win against all the odds, and you will be encouraged to follow suit. It’s always great when others have shown you the way to do it, and will often give you the nudge to lift your game a level or two.
I certainly followed the desperation route, I remember working in a fairly mundane office job, having already passed my health and fitness qualifications, I saw an opening for a job in a new health club. Someone in the office questioned me loudly and doubted my ability to get that job (although secretly I was not prepared to settle for that job anyway, I wanted to work for myself). I was already fitness instructing 4 hours a day and decided I needed to do something big with my new qualifications.
My response was out of desperation and I wanted massive change in my life, the next step was I phoned the local paper to put myself on trial and train the chief reporter, and if she found me not that good-report it, if she found it good-report it, the results thankfully turned out very well and my one act of desperation allowed me to get real momentum in my career and encouraged me to keep taking action. I didn’t listen to the “you’ll never do it” brigade (and there were plenty), I just kept my head down and did it, and momentum became very powerful indeed, so much so that it became like second nature.
This piece is not to “big myself up”, its to encourage you to take action as it can become a habit, a very good one, and it was desperately hard for me to take the first step too!
If you keep on working hard, keep on doing good things often without receiving any credit, do things because you want to and help others, and you will be on the road to being more successful in your chosen field.
Hi Ke, the above sounds familiar, used to do it out of insperation, of course NOW its desperation. Hoping in the future it will b insperation again. Am going out for a meal and remember you talked about THai food being healthier, if I normally eat CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA, what is the closest to that in Thai food? I remember you starting off as a Personal Trainer, over 10 years ago, I remember you were a postman before that, you have come a long way, and only cause you went for it. Andrew has started running in the morning, and hiking with 20 kilo rucksack on his back, and he has never been one for running, but he knows now that it certainly shifts the weight.
the good thing about thai food is that it contains lots of stir fry’s which you can do yourself, and you would probably cook yourself healthier, as you could use olive oil. chicken tikka is fine but the masala is the nightmare bit, as the sauce contains hefty amounts of saturated fat and extra calories which you definitely dont need. stick to dry dishes for indian, and avoid dishes with lots of sauce in the thai too, stick to stir fry’s and you can lots of recipe’s i thought for free online if you do a google search.
You can be sure that most takeaways you buy in the actual restaurant are cooked to the hilt with bad fats and endless calories though, unless you are careful.
so in answer to your question, look for the endless stir fry’s in the thai with lots of veggies on the menu, ask for help if the menu is difficult. enjoy!